Clasp



G. U. MEYER June 10 1924.

CLASP Filed Jan. 25, 1923 few 96 a Mary?! Patented June 10, 1924:.

UNETEQ STATES PATENT GEORGE U. MEYER, OF RIVERVIEXV, lvHiCDE ISLAND, ASSIGNQR TO PROVIDENCE STOCK rattan COMPANY, OF FROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OF BHODE ISLAND.

CLASP.

Application filed January 25, 1923. Serial No. 614,820.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE U. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Riverview, in the county of Kent and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clasps more particularly adapted for use on strap, band and ribbon braclets. used on wrist watches and the like for adjusting the length of the band to fit the arm of the wearer; and the object of this invention is to provide simple and eifective means on the clasp whereby they may be detachably connected for the purpose of releasing the band when it is desired to remove the watch from the wrist of the wearer.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a wrist band with my improved clasp attached thereto, one end of the band being detached from the adjustable clasp plate.

Figure 2 is an enlarged view showing the adjustable clasp plate removed from' the band.

Figure 3 shows this plate in perspective illustrating attaching resilient fingers as raised from the stock of the plate.

Figure 4 shows the top plate or member of the clasp as having complemental openings for receiving the resilient fingers.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Figure 2 showing the top plate in section as positioned on the slide plate and showing the band in position on the clamp.

Figure 6 is a central sectional elevation on line 66 of Figure 2.

It is found in practice of advantage in band or ribbon bracelets and the like, to provide a simple and practical slide plate which may be adjustably mounted on the band and to also provide means in this slide plate whereby a top plate is connected to the opposite end of the band, which may be readily applied thereto for the purpose of adjustably securing the free end of the band to the body portion of the band; and the following is a detailed description of one construction of clasp bywhich the desired results may be obtaineda Vith reference to the drawings, 10 designates the slide plate member of the clasp which is preferably formed from sheet metal and usually of gold or silver and is provided on its opposite side edges with elongated slots 11 through which the bracelet ribbon or band 12 is passed in the manner illustrated in Figure 6; that is, the band extends from the top of the plate down through a slot on one edge, of the plate across back of the plate, up and out through a slot on the opposite edge whereby the plate is adapted to be adjusted along the length of the band, and by passing through back of these slots the plate is held sufiiciently against accidentally sliding along the band particularly when the latter is drawn tightly about the wrist of the wearer.

This plate is also provided with a pair of comparatively narrow, resilient, spacedapart fingers 13, each of which is raised from the stock and rolled or curled inwardly towards each other from the opposite ends of the plate, which fingers are raised a suflicient height above the plane of the plate to permit the top plate (presently described) to be snapped thereover for releasably retaining the two plates together. This top plate 14 is formed to cooperate with the slide plate and is provided with complemental openings 15 adapted to receive and snap over the resilient fingers 13 for the purpose of detachably connecting the two plates together and this top plate is also provided with an elongated slot along its side edge 17 through which the end 18 of the band 12 is looped and fastened.

By this construction it will be seen that the tension on this end 18 of the band is at right angles to the curl or curvature of the resilient fingers 13 or against their side edges whereby these fingers are caused to exert their maximum resistance to a pull in this direction without bending or yielding, which would not be the case if the pull were in the direction of the curl or curvature.

By this construction a strong and durable clasp is provided which enables the parts to be readily connected together and disconnected from each other and that without danger of accidental separation.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being delined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A clasp for band bracelets and the like, comprising a slide plate to be adjustably mounted on the band, said plate being provided with band attaching bars and an intermediate bar, a pair of spaced-apart resilient fingers cut and raised from the stock of said intermediate bar between its marginal edges, and'a top plate having correfingers yieldable in a direction parallel with said slots, and a cooperating top plate having complemental openings to receive and snap over said fingers.

3. A clasp for band bracelets and the like, comprising a slide plate adapted 'to be adjustably mounted on the band, said plate being provided with means by which it may be attached to the band, and having a pair of spaced-apart resilient lingers raised from the stock of the plate and curved or curled inwardly, and a top plate having an opening to receive and snap over said fingers, said top plate being provided with a band at taching member located parallel. to the curl of said lingers and adapted to receive the end of the band, whereby the tension exerted by the band on this top plate will be at right angles to the direction of curl of said fingers.

i. A clasp for band bracelets and the like comprising a lower plate slidable upon the band and having fingers rolled toward each other, and an upper plate with finger-receiving openings provided with a. band attaching member parallel to the roll of said fingers whereby a pull of said band is directed at right angles to. the roll of the fingers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE U. MEYER. 

